Barley tea is a traditional refreshing drink widely circulated in China, Japanese and Korean. Barley is fried to brown, and strong fragrant tea can be extracted only by brewing with hot water before eating. Barley tea is made by frying barley and boiling it. It has a strong wheat flavor. Drinking barley tea can stimulate appetite, help digestion and lose weight.
According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Barley is sweet in taste and flat in nature, which has the effects of promoting digestion and swelling, resolving stagnation, calming stomach and quenching thirst, relieving summer heat and removing heat, invigorating qi and regulating middle warmer, broadening chest and atmosphere, and tonifying deficiency, and can strengthen blood vessels, invigorate qi and color, strengthen five internal organs and dissolve grains. Treating urinary stranguria; Wait for the wheat awn to enter the eye; Treating senile polydipsia, uncertain drinking water and dry tongue; Control water and gas diseases; Clearing heat and relieving summer heat in summer; Treat acute pharyngolaryngitis, tonsillitis and throat abscess. Barley powder can be eaten, and barley can also be made into beer, which can help digestion, soothe the liver and replenish qi, and help regulate gastrointestinal function.
Barley tea is mainly used for clearing away heat and toxic materials, strengthening spleen and slimming, clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, removing fishy smell and greasy, helping digestion, moistening skin and blackening hair.
Barley can reduce blood fat and cholesterol, and it can also relieve summer heat in summer. Its summer-heat effect is similar to mung bean porridge, and its health care function is more comprehensive than mung bean. Besides clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, it can also protect the stomach, strengthen the spleen, induce diuresis, help digestion and treat coronary heart disease. Most importantly, barley is a healthy coarse grain. Therefore, when the elderly with weak constitution choose summer food, it is best to eat some barley food often.